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The Origins of the New Year’s Deck Log Poetry Tradition

Midwatch in Verse Project Posted on May 15, 2022 by Gary GuinnJanuary 26, 2023

  More than sixty years ago, in the January 1959 issue of the US Naval Institute Proceedings, Captain Robert W. McNitt, USN, wrote an article describing the unusual Navy tradition of writing the New Year’s deck log on US ships … Continue reading →

Posted in Midwatch in Verse, Midwatch Poetry, Naval History, Navy Traditions, New Year's Day Traditions, US Navy | Tagged George W. DeLong, Midwatch in Verse, Navy Traditions, Robert W. McNitt, US Navy Deck Logs, US Navy Poetry, USS Idaho, USS Jeannette | 3 Replies
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